生活場景口語實戰人際篇第19期:抱怨(2)

9. I waited for a week but they didn't arrive.
我等了一星期他們也沒來。
還能這樣說：
I kept on waiting for a week without seeing them.
They made me waiting for a week, but they didn't come.
應用解析：
too late a week 未免太晚了，太遲了；
week in, week out 一星期又一星期，接連好幾個星期；不斷地；
week and week about 每隔一週
10. Time is always against us.
時間總跟我們作對。
還能這樣說：
Time set itself against us!
Time opposed to us.
應用解析：
go against 違反，不順心；
be against sth. 違反；無視，不顧；
dead against 斷然反對；正對着
11. What do you want from me?
你到底想讓我怎樣？
還能這樣說：
What are you really asking me to do?
How can I on earth do next?
諺語：
Waste not, want not.
不浪費就不缺乏（尤指食物或錢）。
12. You should lay low for a while.
你真應該保持低調。
還能這樣說：
You should try to keep a low profile.
You should have little fanfare.
諺語：
If you bow at all, bow low.
既然低下了頭，乾脆就多低點。
13. The chairman didn't permit me to take the floor.
主席不給我發言的機會。
還能這樣說：
The chairman didn't give me chance to speak.
The chairman didn't allow me to make a statement.
應用解析：
permit 除了作動詞：允許，使可能，許可；
還可以作名詞：執照，許可證。
例如：Have you got a permit to drive?
你有駕駛執照嗎？
14. Hey, you stood me up again!
嗨，你又放我鴿子了。
還能這樣說：
Hey, you broke your date with me again.
Hey, you blew me off again.
應用解析：
stand by 袖手旁觀；
stand for nothing 毫無用處；
stand good 依然真實，仍然有效；
stand at 猶豫不決，躊躇
15. It is a fine day out. And here I am stuck inside the office with the paper.
外面天氣那麼好，我卻守在辦公室內處理這些文件。
還能這樣說：
It's sunny outside. But I have to deal with my work in the office.
It's beautiful day today. But I am staying in the office to handle my paper.
應用解析：
get stuck in 開始工作；
in stuck 陷入困境；
out of stuck 擺脫困境；
stuck on 被迷住
16. I want you to stop hogging my desk space. Can you?
請不要再佔用我的桌子了，行嗎？
還能這樣說：
My desk is always occupied by you. Please don't do that again, all right?
Could you keep my desk unoccupied?
應用解析：
for a space 暫時；短時間；一段時間；
for the space of a mile 一英里的距離；
from space to space 每隔一定的距離
17. Doing this mindless work every day is going to make me crazy.
每天都做這種不用動腦筋的工作，會使我發瘋的。
還能這樣說：
It will drive me mad to do the work like a machine each day.
I can't stand doing the automatic and impersonal job every day.
應用解析：
be crazy for 渴望，癡想；
be crazy with (pain) （痛苦）得發狂；
crazy as a bedbug 發瘋的；荒唐的